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kind of hesitant. So I’m glad you didn’t hate it,” she said as she tucked the same errant strand of hair behind her ear again.
He knew they were talking about two different things. She was talking about the game. He was talking about spending time with her. Regardless, he wasn’t having a horrible time. Just watching the way she moved was surprisingly appealing.
“What are you doing after this?” Ava wondered.
Gabe didn’t hesitate. “Going somewhere with you,” he said confidently.
“Perfect,” Ava replied.
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Chapter 7
He’d been on his best behavior when he had spent time with Ava over the past month. It was imperative that he didn’t seem dumbfounded when she did things like leave twice the normal size tip because she knew the waitress’s car had broken down. Or trying not to grumble the time she’d let the elderly couple take their seat at the restaurant first even though she and Gabe had undoubtedly been waiting their turn much longer.
Because of the comments Ava had made, he knew that Grier meant a lot to her. He also knew something about Grier was not…well, not quite right, thanks to the incident at the carnival. Yet he was going to have to pretend to like the girl regardless. He was grateful that he had not had to meet her yet because he was having a hard enough time playing his new role without that complication.
So far, these past few weeks he’d successfully managed to avoid Julia as well. Not completely, as she sometimes showed up where he and Ava were. But he managed to keep a comfortable distance from the girl who clearly disliked him. Again, he was grateful.
Molly, he didn’t mind so much. For the most part, she liked him and he didn’t mind her so he didn’t need to put on an act the way he did around Julia.
If he was going to be the kind of person Ava liked to be around, he needed to pretend to be that thoughtful type of person she would want him to be. It was the most challenging part of being around Ava; having to constantly play… nice . It was tiring.
Keeping their outings exclusively at a friend level was becoming tiring as well. The first time he’d met Ava, she’d been sweaty and disheveled from her run. Her hair had fallen out of her ponytail and had been sticking in clumps to her cheeks and forehead. Her hands and knees had been dabbled with grass and dirt from when she’d knelt down to check on him. Even then, he’d thought she was passably pretty. He was quick to learn that she was more than passably pretty.
It was work to keep things strictly friendly.
Mostly friendly.
With some excessive flirting.
Gabe was beginning to wonder if proclaiming Ava as off-limits for himself was having some type of unforeseen reverse psychological effect. He found himself craving her, the way Eve craved that damned forbidden apple. A girl had never been denied to him before. Not really. Somehow, this made Ava even more tempting.
Days like today, she made it even harder. Gabe knew her family was out so he’d ventured up to the front door to retrieve her. When she opened it, it was all he could do not to press her up against the wall and kiss her until she was pleading with him to not ever stop.
Her scent alone was always enough to render him nearly senseless. Whatever type of perfume she wore, she seemed to change it daily. It was always as mouthwatering as it was intoxicating.
Today she smelled like caramel with just a hint of vanilla. He’d never cared for vanilla scented things before but the caramel had nearly done him in.
The caramel and her boots.
She was wearing knee-high, black boots and a pair of jeans that did remarkable things for her already remarkable figure. Her red shirt was made of some type of clingy fabric. The vibrant color provided the perfect contrast to her dark features. She had her hair up in some messy, sexy,
He knew they were talking about two different things. She was talking about the game. He was talking about spending time with her. Regardless, he wasn’t having a horrible time. Just watching the way she moved was surprisingly appealing.
“What are you doing after this?” Ava wondered.
Gabe didn’t hesitate. “Going somewhere with you,” he said confidently.
“Perfect,” Ava replied.
"+0 New Ro
Chapter 7
He’d been on his best behavior when he had spent time with Ava over the past month. It was imperative that he didn’t seem dumbfounded when she did things like leave twice the normal size tip because she knew the waitress’s car had broken down. Or trying not to grumble the time she’d let the elderly couple take their seat at the restaurant first even though she and Gabe had undoubtedly been waiting their turn much longer.
Because of the comments Ava had made, he knew that Grier meant a lot to her. He also knew something about Grier was not…well, not quite right, thanks to the incident at the carnival. Yet he was going to have to pretend to like the girl regardless. He was grateful that he had not had to meet her yet because he was having a hard enough time playing his new role without that complication.
So far, these past few weeks he’d successfully managed to avoid Julia as well. Not completely, as she sometimes showed up where he and Ava were. But he managed to keep a comfortable distance from the girl who clearly disliked him. Again, he was grateful.
Molly, he didn’t mind so much. For the most part, she liked him and he didn’t mind her so he didn’t need to put on an act the way he did around Julia.
If he was going to be the kind of person Ava liked to be around, he needed to pretend to be that thoughtful type of person she would want him to be. It was the most challenging part of being around Ava; having to constantly play… nice . It was tiring.
Keeping their outings exclusively at a friend level was becoming tiring as well. The first time he’d met Ava, she’d been sweaty and disheveled from her run. Her hair had fallen out of her ponytail and had been sticking in clumps to her cheeks and forehead. Her hands and knees had been dabbled with grass and dirt from when she’d knelt down to check on him. Even then, he’d thought she was passably pretty. He was quick to learn that she was more than passably pretty.
It was work to keep things strictly friendly.
Mostly friendly.
With some excessive flirting.
Gabe was beginning to wonder if proclaiming Ava as off-limits for himself was having some type of unforeseen reverse psychological effect. He found himself craving her, the way Eve craved that damned forbidden apple. A girl had never been denied to him before. Not really. Somehow, this made Ava even more tempting.
Days like today, she made it even harder. Gabe knew her family was out so he’d ventured up to the front door to retrieve her. When she opened it, it was all he could do not to press her up against the wall and kiss her until she was pleading with him to not ever stop.
Her scent alone was always enough to render him nearly senseless. Whatever type of perfume she wore, she seemed to change it daily. It was always as mouthwatering as it was intoxicating.
Today she smelled like caramel with just a hint of vanilla. He’d never cared for vanilla scented things before but the caramel had nearly done him in.
The caramel and her boots.
She was wearing knee-high, black boots and a pair of jeans that did remarkable things for her already remarkable figure. Her red shirt was made of some type of clingy fabric. The vibrant color provided the perfect contrast to her dark features. She had her hair up in some messy, sexy,
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